The proposed plans call for a 9-story dormitory with 43 rooms ... plus retail on the ground floor. In total, the building will be nearly 35,000 square feet (at a height of 117 feet). The paperwork lists Debra Kossar of Kossar & Garry Architects as the architect of record.

No indication just yet who the dorms are for — NYU and Cooper Union would have to top the list of guesses, of course.

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"No indication just yet who the dorms are for — NYU and Cooper Union would have to top the list of guesses, of course."

Not at all.Any douchebag can startup a "school" just like one would startup a "church" (ie, First Church / University of Ass Inspection) Presto! Instant waiver for building height limits and other zoning requirements.It's a better racket than the old "cupcake bar" with back room wine tasting; and then suddenly; full blown bar mysteriously comes in through the back door.

Well sh*t if it's NYU, that a LOT more a-holes who will be coming to destroy, piss and puke all over the neigborhood (figuratively and unfortunately, quite literally as well).Those vapid, entitled little NYU monsters should all be forced to take a freshman introduction class"How to Assimilate into NYC without Being a Total Self-Centered Culture-Killing A-Hole."

Well, this site is not part of NYU's 2030 Plan, so it can't be them. I mean, they wouldn't have lied to every politician in town, would they???

Usually, developers get approval for a dorm, cuz that's easy, then later they change it to a hotel or something - just another way of duping the DOB. Business as usual for developers. People who work at the DOB must be ashamed to work for a place with no balls.

And, The Standard folks must hate this. They are screwed - years of construction noise and polution, loss of views on their north side, and a shadow cast over their entrance and half the building. That's gotta suck for them. Ha! And their creditors can look forward to another bankruptcy filing - they'll all be screwed, too, soon enough.

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